I think you will agree that it is "fit for purpose"!
In this picture you can see it next to the Gaillardia "Arizona Sun", together adding a great splash of "sunshine" to the otherwise mostly green Mark's Veg Plot.
Even before they are fully open, the flowers of this plant are very interesting.
From an initial criss-cross configuration, the petals unfold one by one.
One of the best aspects of a plant like this is that it produces multiple blooms - very different to the one-off blooms of, say, the Daffodil. I'm hoping that these flowers will keep on coming until late September at least.
Very nice!
ReplyDeleteMy rudbeckia is a variety with brown inner circle. When flowers are young they're all yellow but when they get mature they have this brown circle inside. I thought that maybe some of them will stay all yellow and they will all be mixed up, brown and yellow flowers but no - eventually they all get the brown circle.
We have a few of these too and I was also taking flowers of the bud opening the other day!
ReplyDeleteThe "Goldstrum" does add a bit of color, although the blooms tend to look a little wilted to me. The Gaillardia is more colorful and quite pretty. Nice that you are adding some color to you garden.
ReplyDeleteGoldsturm is a wonderful late summer - autumn bloom. It also self-seeds quite readily and the finches like to perch on it and eat the seed. A great plant!
ReplyDelete